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#2376
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I gotta hand it to him, he keeps surprising me.
#2377
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VO2 max intervals this morning, "just because". Seems weird since I'm not training for anything specific this year, and well, they're hard. I think I just wanted to test myself and see how I responded.
I rode:
1x4'
1x3'
1x10'
1x3'
Hard starts and then I let myself settle into a moderate pace that was a few watts below target by mid interval. Was able to push up at the end and hit my targets each time. The last interval it wasn't so "intrinsic" and I sort of had to press the issue (pun intended) to hit my target, gasping at the end. Running out of AWC.
Good workout!
I rode:
1x4'
1x3'
1x10'
1x3'
Hard starts and then I let myself settle into a moderate pace that was a few watts below target by mid interval. Was able to push up at the end and hit my targets each time. The last interval it wasn't so "intrinsic" and I sort of had to press the issue (pun intended) to hit my target, gasping at the end. Running out of AWC.
Good workout!
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
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#2378
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VO2 max intervals this morning, "just because". Seems weird since I'm not training for anything specific this year, and well, they're hard. I think I just wanted to test myself and see how I responded.
I rode:
1x4'
1x3'
1x10'
1x3'
Hard starts and then I let myself settle into a moderate pace that was a few watts below target by mid interval. Was able to push up at the end and hit my targets each time. The last interval it wasn't so "intrinsic" and I sort of had to press the issue (pun intended) to hit my target, gasping at the end. Running out of AWC.
Good workout!
I rode:
1x4'
1x3'
1x10'
1x3'
Hard starts and then I let myself settle into a moderate pace that was a few watts below target by mid interval. Was able to push up at the end and hit my targets each time. The last interval it wasn't so "intrinsic" and I sort of had to press the issue (pun intended) to hit my target, gasping at the end. Running out of AWC.
Good workout!
#2380
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Perhaps this the arrival of the fabled #dadwatts
My volume is down 33 - 50%, but my power is not really that far off from my best. Def. a higher fraction of intensity in my total volume as a result.
My volume is down 33 - 50%, but my power is not really that far off from my best. Def. a higher fraction of intensity in my total volume as a result.
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
#2381
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Cav had a good day.
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#2382
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I know it's a longshot, but I really hope Cav can get another sprint win at the TdF!!!
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
#2383
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
Join Date: May 2007
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I did a sew-on leather bar wrap on Mrs. Peel, which was a PITA, but looks great. I only did it because that's how the Lotus Supreme originally came in 1982. It's not especially good padding, though probably no worse than the cellophane bar tape of the era. Leather bar tape? Why? It probably dries poorly, it probably stains easily, and it probably rots if it doesn't dry out after a good soaking.
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"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."
"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."
"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
#2384
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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It seemed like a really strange place when I was there last month, but of course I only saw a small part of it. I was at a swanky hotel in the Seaport section, which was on Summer St, which is raised about 30+ feet above the surrounding area, so that you had to go down a lot of steps to get to the rest of the neighborhood. Once you did, you run into a typical "old city" problem - streets that run at oblique angles to each other, and curve, and where often more than two streets cross at an intersection. Between that, and the 30' separation between Summer St. and the rest of the area, I figured I could get lost in 3 dimensions instead of the usual 2.
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"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."
"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."
"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
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#2385
Silver Comet Fred
I'm listening to some jazz fusion on Spotify this afternoon. 2 tracks from weather report I found acceptable from the black market album. Title track and Herandu. I better stop soon, it might make me crave weed.
#DougsDontDoDrugs
#DougsDontDoDrugs
#2386
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Now I have the bassline from Barbary Coast stuck in my head, what an ear-worm!
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
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#2387
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Also, my Grateful Dead binge is waning for sure, but the vibes are still flowin'
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
#2388
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Today is graduation day at USC. Heidi is allowed to the ceremony but she will not be awarded her degree yet. We have to wait for administration to address these silly charges against her and we have no idea how long that process takes.
The “big” graduation ceremony is canceled but her school (School of Cinematic Arts) will have its ceremony in the Shrine Auditorium which is not even technically on campus so her “ban” from campus would not even be a barrier. It’s still a mess but we are trying to stay positive.
The “big” graduation ceremony is canceled but her school (School of Cinematic Arts) will have its ceremony in the Shrine Auditorium which is not even technically on campus so her “ban” from campus would not even be a barrier. It’s still a mess but we are trying to stay positive.
Good luck with Heidi's situation.
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Platypus gravelus.
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#2390
Silver Comet Fred
I have no comment about cav, cavs, vo2 or leather handlebar wrap or other undisclosed topics.
This Spotify list might be sus. The have the soft parade by the doors on the playlist. More psychedelic rock if I were to slap a genre on it.
This Spotify list might be sus. The have the soft parade by the doors on the playlist. More psychedelic rock if I were to slap a genre on it.
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#2391
VFL For Life
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I think you are suffering adverse effects from this:
Pic?
#2392
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#2393
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I did a sew-on leather bar wrap on Mrs. Peel, which was a PITA, but looks great. I only did it because that's how the Lotus Supreme originally came in 1982. It's not especially good padding, though probably no worse than the cellophane bar tape of the era. Leather bar tape? Why? It probably dries poorly, it probably stains easily, and it probably rots if it doesn't dry out after a good soaking.
Didn't look good, didn't feel good, didn't wrap well either. Was a constant battle of stretching it enough to lay down but not too much so that I snapped a piece of $75 material.
Sew on is classy as can be in your application.
#2394
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#2395
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I attempted to send a message in a bottle this morning but it didn’t make it. Our housekeeper arrived from a smaller, outlier village. They have been without power since Tuesday. And no power means no water. No internet since yesterday. This morning we had no internet, but later learned it was due to sabotage by another company, so we’re being told.
Meanwhile, the feds tell us to expect mote of the same, while temperatures remain high( at least through next week. May15, they say, begins hurricane season. In the past it had always been June 1. Wishful thinking mayhap
Meanwhile, the feds tell us to expect mote of the same, while temperatures remain high( at least through next week. May15, they say, begins hurricane season. In the past it had always been June 1. Wishful thinking mayhap
#2396
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Are south Texas and Florida suffering high heat?
#2397
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#2398
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
Join Date: May 2007
Location: SF Bay Area
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The stuff I used was the Brooks tape. It's not a single piece of leather - several sections of really thin stuff attached to a base material, maybe 2 or 3 very obvious butt joints in the leather veneer.
Didn't look good, didn't feel good, didn't wrap well either. Was a constant battle of stretching it enough to lay down but not too much so that I snapped a piece of $75 material.
Sew on is classy as can be in your application.
Didn't look good, didn't feel good, didn't wrap well either. Was a constant battle of stretching it enough to lay down but not too much so that I snapped a piece of $75 material.
Sew on is classy as can be in your application.
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"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."
"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."
"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
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#2399
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Today is graduation day at USC. Heidi is allowed to the ceremony but she will not be awarded her degree yet. We have to wait for administration to address these silly charges against her and we have no idea how long that process takes.
The “big” graduation ceremony is canceled but her school (School of Cinematic Arts) will have its ceremony in the Shrine Auditorium which is not even technically on campus so her “ban” from campus would not even be a barrier. It’s still a mess but we are trying to stay positive.
The “big” graduation ceremony is canceled but her school (School of Cinematic Arts) will have its ceremony in the Shrine Auditorium which is not even technically on campus so her “ban” from campus would not even be a barrier. It’s still a mess but we are trying to stay positive.
Best wishes for a workable outcome.
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